Mgunga Surname
Approximately 1,085 people bear this surname
Mgunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 818 | 1:64,721 | 6,868 |
| Kenya | 265 | 1:174,264 | 13,206 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mgunga (12) may also be a first name.
Mgunga Demographics
Mgunga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mgunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mgunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mgunga is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mgunga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 338,992nd most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 6,716,632 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mgunga live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mgunga is also the 3,306,491st most widespread forename on earth, held by 12 people.
This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 818 people, or 1 in 64,721. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 26 percent are found, Kigoma Region, where 22 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 20 percent are found. Not including Tanzania Mgunga occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 24 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Mgunga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Muslim (50%) in Kenya.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mgunga
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